alternatives Watch News Service
Some business publishers push you to get multiple subscriptions, each one covering a different alternative investment strategy.
The Alternatives Watch (AW) news service doesn’t play this game. We give you a wide view of the alternative investment industry, with coverage of five key asset classes and their investors.
What We Cover
Private Equity
Hedge Funds
Private Credit
Real Estate/
Infrastructure
Unique Content
Our team of experienced reporters also brings you exclusive feature stories, interviews with leading and emerging industry voices, and big-picture looks at emerging trends such as ESG, fintech, SPACs and crypto funds.

PE firms poised to outsource on the hunt for value creation
Curtis Farrow of Centri Business Consulting sees a wealth of investment opportunity materializing for private equity and venture capital firms as they look to reset portfolios following the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures earlier this month.

JetBlue, Spirit, and antitrust reshape merger arbitrage spreads
Chris Pultz, portfolio manager at Kellner Capital in New York City, said that the JetBlue and Spirit Airlines deal encapsulates the state of merger arbitrage today.

SVB impact on U.S. private markets yet to be felt
Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse couldn’t have come at a worse time for the venture capital scene, which was adjusting already to lower valuations, extending fundraising timelines and reducing fund sizes, industry consultants say.
Research + Actionable Data
Our data- and analysis-driven unit, AW Research, compiles the facts and figures behind the larger trends within alternative asset management in exclusive articles and charts. The exclusive AW Research Monthly Scorecards track data on manager and investor activity, displayed on easy to read tables.

AW Research Investor Compendium tracks $144 billion in alts allocations in 2022
AW Research Investor Compendium tracks $144 billion in alts allocations in 2022 The third annual Alternatives Watch Research Investor Compendium, commissioned by Vidrio Financial, showcases

Investor activity slows at end of 2022 as interest in real assets picks up
Institutional investors pondering the challenges awaiting them in the quarters to come have slowed their alternative investment allocations, especially compared to activity logged at the end of 2021.

AnaCap exit, $120m Macquarie credit facility among Monday’s top alts deals
We are excited to report that the AW Deal Watch has been upgraded from a weekly to a daily feature. Alternatives Watch subscribers can now catch up with the day’s top private market moves across various strategies through our info-packed briefs.
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- Everything in Monthly PLUS:
- Access to articles and data from AW Research
- Discounts on advertisement and story reprints
- AW Annual Investor Compendium – our comprehensive guide to investor activity, with a ranking of the most active investors for the year and profiles of the top global allocators